Summon the Players and Rebuild Great Wei

In the spring of the second year of Xuanhe, the Hu invaders captured three counties in Xing Commandery, threatening the capital. The emperor ordered the court to move south and establish its capital at Hengchuan. This was the opening setting Jiang Shu had devised for his new story, A Nation Worthy of Our Devotion. But he had written fewer than ten chapters when a car accident sent him into his own novel. To his great misfortune, he became the governor’s son who had been left behind in the old capital: the cannon-fodder character Jiang Shu, whose name was pronounced the same but written differently. Remembering that the old capital was destined to be occupied and massacred in six months, Jiang Shu’s first thought was to pack up and flee. But then he discovered a game interface called “Simulated Great Wei” in front of him. Starting the game would summon players from another world to build a city for him. Watching his elderly father and frail older brother exhaust themselves running everywhere to defend the old royal city, Jiang Shu ultimately decided to take on the responsibility of protecting it. Since he lacked the ability to do it himself, he summoned expert players to help: build defenses, pave roads, grow food, open shops… He had only meant to protect a single city, but the old capital grew better and better. Talented people and ordinary folk flocked there, and, after accidentally unleashing players he could no longer control, he even reclaimed the surrounding commanderies and counties occupied by enemy forces. At this point, all Jiang Shu could do was stay up late and work hard, hoping to develop a few more plots of land. In a time of war, heroes rose up everywhere. He, Jiang Shu, had been born in the royal capital and was now the only person capable of defending the old capital. With ambition and strategy in his heart, and countless talented people at his back, why shouldn’t he contend for the Central Plains and fight for the empire? “Besides,” Jiang Shu says, propping his head on his hand as he looks at the worldbuilding written on the page, “I created this world with my own pen. It’s only right that I rebuild Great Wei!” When the emperor moved the capital south, all the great northern aristocratic families followed the imperial court to Hengchuan. Only Xie Yin, son of the head of the Zhujiang Xie family, remained behind. He had been bedridden for years and could not endure the long journey, so he had no choice but to stay in the old capital. When Jiang Shu learns of his situation, he drives to the Xie family residence in the middle of the night and takes the frail beauty to his… office. It’s only an illness. I can use points to exchange for medicine and keep him alive. Talented people must join me in building up the Great Wei empire! Gentle, calculating, frail beauty gong x optimistic, resilient, wildly imaginative shou Things to know before reading: 1. The original body Jiang Shu inhabits was gay and had someone he secretly loved and pursued. After Jiang Shu takes over, he has no further connection with that person. 2. The shou is a beauty addict. The gong is devastatingly handsome, so handsome he practically overflows with it. 3. The setting is entirely fictional, focusing mainly on development and empire-building, with the players as a secondary element. The story stays centered on the main characters, so please don’t read if that’s not your thing. Upcoming Story: Becoming a Tailor in Republican-Era China Wedding-dress designer Ji Wangqing checks into a distinctive guesthouse that claims to have a hundred years of history while traveling to gather inspiration. When he wakes up, he’s still in the same room, but he’s been transported a century into the past, to the Republic of China era, and become the husband brought in to bring good luck to a blind military officer. The officer is tall and handsome, but cold in nature and pays him no attention. Ji Wangqing: I’m not getting married. We have to get divorced! However, newly arrived Ji Wangqing has no money at all and only a suitcase to his name. Ji Wangqing: All right, I suppose having a rich husband is better than having none. :) To survive in this turbulent era, Ji Wangqing plays the part of a virtuous wife and takes care of her husband, while also returning to her old profession. From taking over an old tailor shop to mend clothes, to starting a studio and opening a fashion boutique, then launching a fashion magazine and building a fashion empire, Ji Wangqing’s name gradually resounds throughout the country and overseas, as he leads a new wave of fashion! Years later, when Ji Wangqing has finally established himself in the Republican era and has the means to strike out on his own, his husband, a man with old-fashioned ideas, refuses to divorce him. He insists that Ji Wangqing take responsibility for his honor. Ji Wangqing looks at his husband’s broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs. Fine. We’ve already slept together, so I might as well make the best of it. Cold on the outside, warm on the inside · secretly passionate · conservative military officer gong x worldly, open-minded, workaholic designer shou A marriage first, love later. Mostly business-building, with a little development and construction. Theme: Set your sights high.